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Office of Communications and Public Affairs

The Office of Communications and Public Affairs represents the National Endowment for the Humanities in communications with the media and members of the public. Its mission is to disseminate information about NEH grant programs and products and to promote the importance of the humanities our country’s cultural advancement and in enriching the lives of its citizens.

The Office of Communications and Public Affairs publishes news releases and other information, works with the news media to keep them informed of the work of the agency and its grantees, manages the agency’s website and social media, and publishes announcements of NEH grants. The office also responds to media requests, arranges interviews with NEH staff, and coordinates major NEH public events, including the National Humanities Medals and the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.

To reach NEH’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs, please contact:

telephone: 202-606-8446
email: info@neh.gov

Recent News

Joan Didion receives a National Humanities Medal from President Obama

The Better Precincts of the World We Inhabit:

David Remnick addresses the 2012 National Humanities Medalists

Humanities at the Heart of the Nation's Goals

Blue ribbon panel says STEM disciplines are not enough to keep nation strong.
Eric Kansa and William Noel

Celebrating Open Data

White House highlights NEH-funded research on Archimedes and archaeology, made freely accessible online
June 18, 2013

Henry Ford

A profile of the farm boy who became the 20th century’s most influential American innovator.

June 16, 2013  to  September 8, 2013

Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes

Between 600 and 1000, the Wari forged a complex society widely regarded today as ancient Peru’s first empire.

June 14, 2013  to  September 2, 2013

The 1968 Exhibit

Revisit 1968 at the National Constitution Center

June 12, 2013  to  August 16, 2013

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

This traveling exhibition examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.

May 29, 2013  to  July 12, 2013

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Traveling exhibit on the dramatic history of the King James Bible, what we know about the scholars who translated it, and how it has continued to influence literature, culture, and society for over 400 years.

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